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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172RG · Rangley, CO · January 17, 2002

Date: January 17, 2002 · 14:45 local
Place: Rangley, CO
Airport: Rangley Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: MB8S
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5209U
Reported as: Cessna 172RG
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 520 total51 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

N5209URegistration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Cessna 172RGS/N 172RG0284 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172RG Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Private pilot beardsley was practicing soft field take off and landing with his instructor in preparation for his commercial flight check. Pilot beardsley raised the landing gear handle to the up position before the airplane became airborne and the nose wheel retracted causing the airplane to skid on its nose. The propeller cowling and nose gear doors were damaged. Teh Colorado northwest community college flight department issued a memo dated 01-23-02 which states: "while training in the retractable gear airplane, the instructor will place his/her hand over the gear handle to prevent the student from raising the gear handle, and maintain control of the gear handle until the airplane is safely airborne and positive rate-of-climb has been established. This procedure should prevent this incident occurring in the future.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT BEARDSLEY WAS PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF AND LANDING WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR IN PREPARATION FOR HIS COMMERCIAL FLIGHT CHECK. PILOT BEARDSLEY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION BEFORE THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SKID ON ITS NOSE. THE PROPELLER COWLING AND NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED. TEH COLORADO NORTHWEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE FLIGHT DEPARTMENT ISSUED A MEMO DATED 01-23-02 WHICH STATES: "WHILE TRAINING IN THE RETRACTABLE GEAR AIRPLANE, THE INSTRUCTOR WILL PLACE HIS/HER HAND OVER THE GEAR HANDLE TO PREVENT THE STUDENT FROM RAISING THE GEAR HANDLE, AND MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE GEAR HANDLE UNTIL THE AIRPLANE IS SAFELY AIRBORNE AND POSITIVE RATE-OF-CLIMB HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THIS PROCEDURE SHOULD PREVENT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE.

Other reports on N5209U · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 20170704011989ILanding: Touchdown · Montrose, COThe pilot was preparing to land at kmtj when he noticed he could not get the gear to extend. He called the flight school and got as much information to help him try to retract the gear after trying emergency gear extension. The gear did not retract. The pilot…Jul 4, 2017 · Minor damage Incident 19950306010549IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Rangley, CONarrative: on March 6, 1995, MS. Janelle wallace was performing the duties of a CFI for Colorado northwest community college, FAR 141, flight school. She experienced a collapsed nose gear while landing at approximately 1500 MST. The student pilot she was…Mar 6, 1995 · Minor damage